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@latten tatrs atent @ffice 13.13. WINSLO'W, OF CHATHAM, ILLINOIS. Letters Patent No. 69,058, dated September 17, 1867.

IMPROVBD TRACE AND PAD-BUGKLE.

T0 ALL WIIOM I'I MAY CON CERN: i

Be it known that I, B. WINSLOW, ot' Chatham, in the county of Sangamon= and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Trace and Pad-Buckle combined; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and'use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichif i Figure 1 is a longitudinal section ot' my improved combined trace and pad-buckle, showing its attachlncnt i to thc trace and pad-strap- Figure 2, a longitudinal section taken in the line rc, iig., 1. Similar letters ofreference indica-te like parts. The object of this invention is to fasten the trace and pad-strap with one buckle, serving the purpose of i two bucklesusually employed, making a large saving of strap-leather in the harness,- whilc the pad isligl1ter,

stronger, and neuter and cheaper than any in use. The trace-buckle is also neuter and stronger. Thepadstraps work perfectly straight, and therefore wear better. The trace draws straight, and workssmoothcr against the side of the horse. The heme-tug wears better, and has no holc cut in it for the buckloftougue as usual.

The buckle is formed of the fiat sides A A, which are separated wide enough to receive the trace a a. The

ends of the buckle are slope-framed, and are connected by cross-bars b,.iu which are frictio`n-rollers. 0n the bar at the bottom and front end of the buckle,is attached an ordinary tug-strap, .c,` that has the tuck-.loop d fastened to it for the end of the trace to pass under, and connected with the strap c is a thin chuiing-lcather, e, which lies under the buckle, and has a hole in the end through which the trace a passesJ before entering the buckle, as shown in fig. 1, which strip of leather forms a bottom for the buckle to prevent chang of the side of"` the horse. A dat bar, m, crosses from side to side in the middle of the buckle, and the sides a a have slots in them lengthwise, even with the top of the bar m, which slots are made wide enough to receive the pad-strap lc; and arc provided with friction-rollers-t t on their upper sides. In the middle, of the cross-bar m is a pin,', piojectlng upward, which passes through a holo in the pad-strap k, to hold it in' pluce,.usk shown in iig. `2, and

between the cross-bar m and the back end of the buckle, is a tongue, tn, attached to a cross-bor, p, that is swivl ellcd in the sides a a. The tongue hangs forward and downward in such a manner that when the trace is run into the buckle of the tongue it will be pushed up out of the way, but when the trace is pulled back a little the l i tongue will enter a hole, and, passing through the trace, the end of the tongue will rest against a cross-bar, g, at the bottom of the buckle, and hold the trace firmly in place. But when the trace is to be drawn out it `may he pushed forward a little to raise the tongue out of the hole, where it may be held by a. thumb-piece, s, on the opposite side of the swivel-bar p, which keeps it up while the trace is drawn cut of the buckle.

Having described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A combined trace and padfbuckle, formed of the sides a a connected by thel bars b b', m, and q, and having a trace-tongue, n, attached to a swivel-bnr, 7., construct-ed, arranged, and operating sulishmtially` as herein described. i

y EL` B. WINSLOW.

Witnesses:

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